Richard E. Butler

Richard E. Butler

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Looking Back to the Future
Title: Looking Back to the Future
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 10, 2009
Type: Movie
A 9-part retrospective documentary from 2009 on the trilogy’s legacy.
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Ground Zero
Title: Ground Zero
Character: Daniel
Released: May 12, 2000
Type: Movie
When a series of strange earthquakes hit California, a seismologist named Kimberly Stevenson is sent to the Angeles Forest to investigate the epicenter. This might prove to be her biggest task so far, but also the one that will bring her renown. She brings along her son, Justin, who was recently involved in a car accident with his father. In the wilderness outside Los Angeles, the two of them find a man named Michael Brandeis, who seems to know an awful lot about what is happening. As expected, these are not natural earthquakes, but the work of a dangerous company selling nuclear weapons.
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Renegade Force
Title: Renegade Force
Character: George
Released: December 14, 1998
Type: Movie
An FBI Agent and a female cop join forces to stop renegade cops who are offing the bad guys. Robert Patrick is the leader of the renegades and Louis Mandylor is a reluctant young cop that is brought into the hit team.
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Basquiat
Title: Basquiat
Character: Medieval Villager
Released: August 9, 1996
Type: Movie
The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity.
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Bound by Honor
Title: Bound by Honor
Character: Frank Velka
Released: February 5, 1993
Type: Movie
Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the "Vatos Locos", and the story focuses on how a violent crime and the influence of narcotics alter their lives. Miklo is incarcerated and sent to San Quentin, where he makes a "home" for himself. Cruz becomes an exceptional artist, but a heroin addiction overcomes him with tragic results. Paco becomes a cop and an enemy to his "carnal", Miklo.
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Mo' Money
Title: Mo' Money
Character: Ted Forrest
Released: July 24, 1992
Type: Movie
Trying to get his act together, a con artist gets a job in a credit card company. He falls in love with a fellow employee, he steals a couple of cards, everything is going great. But soon, the chief of security drags him into the big leagues of criminals...
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Murder in Paradise
Title: Murder in Paradise
Character: Al Revin
Released: January 19, 1990
Type: Movie
A stressed-out, big-city cop seeks refuge in Hawaii, only to become embroiled in a serial murder case that appears to be identical to his last case in New York City.
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Night Life
Title: Night Life
Character: Cop #2
Released: September 18, 1989
Type: Movie
Archie works part-time at his uncle's mortuary and is harassed by a few of the popular kids because of it. His harassers die in an automobile accident, and the bodies are taken to his uncle's mortuary. Archie is pulling a late night at the mortuary when he sees a storm brewing. Lighting strikes! They're alive! The preppie bullies continue to torment him...as zombies!
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Hit List
Title: Hit List
Character: Wink
Released: March 3, 1989
Type: Movie
A family man and a mob witness hunt for a hit-man who has mistakenly kidnapped the family man's son.
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Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
Title: Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects
Character: Joey - Deli Owner
Released: February 3, 1989
Type: Movie
A brutal Los Angeles police lieutenant is determined to bust up an organization that forces underage girls into prostitution.
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My Favorite Year
Title: My Favorite Year
Character: Stagehand #2
Released: October 1, 1982
Type: Movie
Fledgling comic Benjy Stone can't believe his luck when his childhood hero, the swashbuckling matinee idol Alan Swann, gets booked to appear on the variety show he writes for. But when Swann arrives, he fails to live up to his silver screen image. Instead, he's a drunken womanizer who suffers from stage fright. Benjy is assigned to look after him before the show, and it's all he can do to keep his former idol from going completely off the rails.
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Matt Helm
Title: Matt Helm
Character: Drone
Released: May 7, 1975
Type: Movie
In this pilot film for the later series, a former secret agent, now a private investigator, is hired to protect a beautiful film star and gets involved with black marketeers and gun runners.